Chandrani Murmu is a young politician belonging to a tribal community of Odisha, whose name was entered into the history books of India as the youngest parliamentarian ever. She won the Keonjhar seat in Odisha in the 2019 general elections at the age of 25, thus joining the lower house. She represents the regional party, Biju Janata Dal. The record of the youngest parliamentarian was earlier held by Dushyant Chautala of Jannayak Janta Party when he got elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 at the age of 26. As a woman candidate from a tribal community, her success at a very young age is really remarkable.
Chandrani Murmu – A young politician from Odhisha
The youngest MP of India, Chandrani Murmu, was born in Tikargumura village of Odisha. She has a political background, as her maternal grandfather Harihara Soren has served as a Congress MP twice between 1980 and 1989. She took B. Tech from the Siksha O Anusandhan University in Bhubaneswar in 2017, and was in search of a government job when she unexpectedly joined politics. As she was educated and had good communication skills, it helped her to easily connect with the common man, and gave her a historic win in Indian politics. She defeated 2-term BJP MP Ananta Nayak by a margin of 67,000 votes. Education and development of the industrial sector are her top priorities as a newly elected leader.
Chandrani Murmu – Some interesting and unknown facts
1. Her maternal grandfather is a 2-term parliamentarian of the 1980s. Though she was interested in politics, she never imagined that she would enter politics at a very young age.
2. None of her family members or close family circle from her mother’s and father’s sides have been active in politics for the past two decades.
3. She was an engineering graduate in search of job opportunities when she got a ticket to the Lok Sabha.
4. She was among the top three Lok Sabha candidates with fewer recorded assets.
5. Hira” and “Chandu” are her pet names.
6. It was her uncle, a retired government official, who first asked her to contest elections, which she didn’t take seriously.
7. When she was given a party ticket on April 2, 2019, by CM Naveen Patnaik, she was in extreme shock. Other leaders were also surprised by this unexpected announcement.
8. An obscene video of Chandrani with a morphed image went viral over social media, soon after she was declared a candidate. Later, 5 people were arrested.
9. She was 25 years and 11 months old when she got elected as India’s youngest parliamentarian in May 2019.
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